Category: NEWS

Cyber Crimes At the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

Joseph Otim

For football enthusiasts, the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022TM, which begins on November 20, is the most anticipated sporting event of 2022. Along with thrilling millions of fans across the world, it has also piqued the curiosity of cyber criminals trying to earn quick cash. Kaspersky specialists have examined World Cup-related phishing websites from around the world that are intended to steal users’ identifying and financial information to have a better understanding of how criminals are attempting to capitalize on football fans’ passion. Researchers from Kaspersky have uncovered a variety…

How to deposit on XENO through MTN mobile money

Joseph Otim
xeno

XENO is a goal-based saving and investment service that helps individuals, families, groups, and institutions to plan, save, and invest for their financial goals like education, wealth and emergencies. XENO has been around ever since 2017 and is licensed and regulated by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) as a Fund Manager and Collective Investment Scheme Manager. This digital saving and investment platform gives individuals the chance to set financial goals and open investment accounts to save and invest so that they can be able to reach these goals. Of late…

UNRA Uganda and MTN Uganda launched a partnership to provide toll free payment for road users along Entebbe Expressway

Charles Layoo

The Uganda National Road Authority (UNRA) have today in partnership with MTN Uganda launched a partnership to provide toll free payment solution  along Kampala Entebbe Expressway for road users. The Entebbe Expressway has a road toll fee system that requires payment to grant access for usage. A fee of different amounts is levied at the toll gates and access is granted to the different classes of motor vehicles and motor bikes. The partnership will allow the road users along Kampala Entebbe Expressway to recharge their Upesi Card using MTN Mobile…

itel launches P17 and P17 Pro in partnership with MTN Uganda

Charles Layoo

itel and MTN Uganda have jointly launched the itel P17 series following the recently launched partnership between the two companies. The itel P17 and P17 Pro are the latest addition to the itel range of smartphones.  Both phones have an impressive 5.5” screen and a long-lasting battery, whose single charge can last up to 3 days. The itel P17 which comes with 2GB RAM and 16GB ROM retails at UGX 235,000 while the P17 Pro which features 2GB RAM and 32GB ROM will roll out into the market soon. Based…

MTN Uganda Launches 4th Edition of MTN Momo Nyabo

Charles Layoo

MTN Uganda has on Monday launched the 4th edition of the highly rewarding MoMoNyabo promotion under the theme MoMoNyabo Waaka, with prizes worth over 2.5 billion shillings to be won by over 16,000 MTN MoMo customers and agents across the country. Customers will only need to deposit UGX. 20,000 or more on their MTN Mobile Money accounts to stand a chance to win prizes including 24 brand new Toyota Succeed cars, and mobile money worth UGX 1,600,000,000. Three lucky customers will win Toyota every week while 2,000 will each win…

UGANDA: Motorists to drive at 30km/hr speed limit in Kampala

Charles Layoo

The police is introducing a 30km/hr speed limit for all motorists in the Kampala Metropolitan Area. This comes after police blamed the high number of accidents happening in Kampala metropolitan on over speeding. Last week’s traffic report indicated that a total of 342 accidents occurred and out of these 64 accidents were fatal, 167 were serious and 111 were minor. Also, there were 309 accident victims during this period, and of these, 72 people died, and 237 sustained injuries. Yesterday, Traffic officers were taught how to operate speed cameras at…

Google dethroned as World’s most popular website

Charles Layoo

As we end the year 2021, a lot of things happened in the tech world and one of it is the story of world’s most popular website known as Google. Google was dethroned as the world’s most popular website in the end of 2021. The tech giant was pushed into second place as TikTok took the Number 1 spot as the most popular website in 2021, according to cyber security company cloudflare. In 2020, Google took the Number 1 spot while TikTok came in at Number 7, making the feat…

TECNO Pova 5G announced With 6,000mAh battery and 50mp Camera

Charles Layoo

As we end the year 2021, there is quite a lot that has been going on in the tech world. TECNO Mobile made an announcement of the TECNO Pova 5G which also happen to be its latest device. TECNO Pova 5G brings a large 6.9″ IPS LCD with a 120Hz refresh rate, Dimensity 900 5G chipset and a beefy 6,000mAh battery with 18W charging. The phone boots TECNO’s custom HiOS 8 based on Android 11. The back features a dual-textured pattern and houses a 50MP main camera which is joined…

SPARK TV ORDERED TO SUSPEND ITS ‘LIVE WIRE’ PROGRAMME

Charles Layoo

Uganda Communications Commission has ordered Spark TV to immediately suspend its Live Wire programme after the station appeared to ignore the regulator’s directive to have it rescheduled. The Commission on 18th October 2021 wrote to eleven TV stations directing them to reschedule their adult-themed gossip programmes from evening hours to between 10 pm, and 5 am, with effect from Wednesday this week. However, while other stations complied with the directive, Spark TV replied in its letter dated 20th October 2021, insisting that Live Wire was not culpable for any breach, and went ahead to air…

WhatsApp Rolls Out Encrypted Backups. Here’s How To Enable This Feature

Charles Layoo

It has taken a while but WhatsApp is finally rolling a highly requested privacy feature – encrypted backups. This feature was teased in July and it has finally arrived. Unencrypted backups was one of its privacy flaws as cloud backups provided by Google Drive and Apple’s iCloud could be accessed by authorities if they get warrants and these tech giants could hand over access to your data. This is was where rival messaging apps like Telegram and Signal got thumbs up in terms of privacy. It’s important to note WhatsApp already offers end-to-end encryption for messages within the app. WhatsApp…